Welcome back to your new weekly feature from Sports Illustrated that analyzes the women’s soccer weekend from a U.S. women’s national team perspective. If you missed last week’s edition, check it out here.
This was the final weekend of matches before the FIFA international window that will see the USWNT take on Japan three times in a week. Manager Emma Hayes has already named her 26-player roster for the window, so, in some ways, the April audition was over. But every game, every weekend, is a chance to impress. And so, this latest slate of matches was no different.
